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For the past few days there has been a kerfuffle in the extremely high profile, glamourous and profitable world of comics journalism. Rather than comment on this hot mess, I'm going to talk about why it happened. And what we an do to improve things.

We're all getting starry-eyed

As of Friday, Alan Payne, the key man in IDW's bookstore operations, is leaving the company: After nine years with the Publisher, IDW VP of...

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Well, those who saw her tweets about a cross country journey may have figured it out, but former Bleeding Cool editor in chief (and...

One of the more intriguing developments in recent years in comics retailing has been the resurgence of comics sales in national book chains. Yes...

It's a cold cold world we live in.

Red Wolf, a character created a few decades ago is becoming the next star of the Marvel Universe. The new ongoing series starring the...

Marvel is prepping to relaunch their entire line (which we are taking a look at in critical detail) including the acclaimed Ms. Marvel series....

Canada's Conundrum Press, publisher of such fine graphic novels as Photobooth, the works of Joe Ollman and much more, is rolling out its spring...

Marvel announced a ton of books this morning. The rumored second Iron Man ongoing just wasn't enough for the publisher it seems -- they...

Word going around on Facebook that master inker and comics technical innovator Murphy Anderson has passed away at age 89. Anderson was one of the great DC inkers of all time, providing crisp clean lines that defined the look of Hawkman, Superman, and Adam Strange, and, indeed, the whole DC line of the Silver Age, inking over Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane and most notably, Curt Swan. He was inducted into the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame (precursor of the Eisner HoF) all the way back in 1988, a tribute to his statue in the industry.